Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

[Xiao Mo charged towards Semiramis again, but this time a giant salamander suddenly appeared in front of her, opening its massive jaws to swallow her whole.]

"It was a flying insect that was swallowed by a fish."

Fiore: "It can even summon magical beasts!"

Gold: "This is outrageous! This isn't Assassin at all!"

[Before Xiao Mo could dodge, she was bitten directly by the salamander, her armor making a 'crunching' sound as it was squeezed.]

This shachihoko is an ancient, divine fish, an incredibly ferocious beast that only Semiramis, whose mother is the fish goddess, can summon.

Semiramis: "Hmm, it really is a flying insect."

"These aquatic animals are so annoying!"

[Enraged, Xiao Mo immediately gripped his sword with one hand, and with his free hand thrust upwards, plunging it directly into the divine fish's eyeball and gouging it out.]

[The divine fish, in pain, released Xiao Mo, who seized the opportunity to plunge her sword into the fish's eye socket, ending its life.]

Such a brutal method left Semiramis completely dumbfounded.

"You are as cruel as the Berserker."

Even so, Xiao Mo's fourth charge failed.

Rin Tohsaka: "This method is indeed a bit brutal."

Mordred: "This is a life-or-death battle. As long as we win, what does it matter how ruthless we are?"

The First Emperor: "Yes, it's just like the battlefield. As long as you can kill your opponent, any means are acceptable."

Waver: "But Semiramis can only summon one of these fish, or—"

Empress: "Hehehe, what do you all think?"

Mordred: "Damn it..."

Xiao Mo felt a slight numbness in both feet, which indicated that the nerves were affected.

[As the toxicity continued to spread, Xiao Mo no longer had the strength to joke around.]

Semiramis: "What's wrong? You don't even have the energy to talk anymore? If you can't tell some boring jokes like our clowns, then you're not really part of the entertainment."

[Xiao Mo: "You're such a chatterbox, always going on and on!"]

Semiramis: "A stake?"

Ilya: "What is a stake?"

Wife: "Hmm? I don't know either."

Emiya Kiritsugu: "..."

Weber: "I've heard of it. It's something like a bug that farts to drive away predators."

Everyone: "Uh..."

Mordred: "Hahaha, you're right, that old woman is a real elephant!"

Empress: "...Heh, very good. I want to see if you can still laugh later."

[Xiao Mo: "Look at how smug you are after releasing the poison! You think you're so great just because I say so? Keep being arrogant, I'll take your head in the next move!"]

Semiramis: "I see, indeed a fine bark. I like it, I like it very much. I'll take off your hands and feet, destroy your throat, and keep you as a caterpillar."

"This guy has really disgusting tastes."

[While saying this, Xiao Mo had already thought of the only way to break the deadlock.]

That is, just unleash your Noble Phantasm and blast her to smithereens!

Chapter 304 - A Poison Even Gods Couldn't Tolerate, Sealed by Command Seals

[Using her Noble Phantasm directly would be too dangerous for Mordred, as she would have to remove her helmet to activate it.]

[The key is to unleash a Noble Phantasm, but it's uncertain whether it will be effective. What if it doesn't work?]

However, Xiao Mo had no other choice.

With his helmet removed, Xiao Mo immediately launched another charge.

She's still too far from the throne; she needs to close the gap by another ten meters.

[Due to the effects of the poison gas, her face visibly began to twitch, but this did not affect her determination to sprint forward.]

Nine meters.

A dense array of chains attacked, but Xiao Mo easily knocked them down.

Six meters.

[Another divine fish was summoned, but Xiao Mo, who was prepared, simply cleaved its jaw open with a single sword strike and stepped over its back.]

Three meters.

"The King of Water."

The Empress did not attack; instead, she projected a shield of divine fish scales in front of herself.

【zero.】

Without any hesitation, Xiao Mo unleashed her pent-up anger, and a thunderous roar instantly filled the entire room.

"Rebellion against my magnificent father!!!"

[Hate transformed into a beam of light, unleashing devastating force as it hurtled towards the throne.]

The scales of the divine fish were easily torn apart like paper, offering no resistance whatsoever to Mordred's Noble Phantasm.

With a deafening roar, the throne shattered, but Semiramis was not there.

[“Teleport…”]

Xiao Mo stood there helplessly, like a deflated balloon, her body trembling uncontrollably.

[I thought that with so many shields erected by the Empress, she would have to take the hits head-on, and even if they were breached, there wouldn't be enough time to relocate.]

Unfortunately, she was too complacent and underestimated her opponent.

Weber: "We were basically being played like monkeys."

Afu: "How despicable! They could have defeated their opponent directly, but they chose to play tricks on them."

Empress: "Oh, may I take that as a compliment?"

Afu: "Pah! That's not true at all! ヾ(≧O≦)〃!"

"Your Excellency appears to have made a fatal mistake."

Semiramis appeared before Mordred and playfully patted her head.

"You bastard!"

Xiao Mo swung his sword, but only struck thin air.

Semiramis appeared beside her and whispered in her ear, "Rebellious Knight, why do you think I should fight you to the death? Is it because all the enemies who have stood in your way so far are fools like this?"

[Xiao Mo: "Hmph, a guy who has no sense of honor as a Heroic Spirit and only knows how to run away, how dare he say that..."]

Semiramis: "What a joke! I am the oldest master of poison. Let those watchdogs handle the direct confrontation. Why should those in positions of power compete for victory? I am not fighting you, nor am I engaging in combat. I simply wait for you to fall into my trap."

"Then, Saber, let me unilaterally torture you to death by a thousand cuts."

The chains bound Xiao Mo's hands and feet, and he was flung away, crashing heavily into a stone pillar.

Xiao Mo tried to slash the chains with her sword, but having been poisoned to the point of exhaustion, she lost her aim and not only failed to cut the chains, but was also bound by even more chains.

Semiramis: "Heh heh heh, let me revise the metaphor of the flying insect. Now you're as pathetic as a fish that's been caught on the hook, you rebellious knight."

Rin Tohsaka: "How awful."

Mordred: "That damned old hag!"

Webber: "Is this battle going to be a complete rout from start to finish?"

Kenneth: "Isn't it obvious? Do you think Mordred has any way to fight back?"

Weber: "Uh, no."

Mordred: "Damn it!"

Artoria: "Sigh..."

Semiramis's strength is so great that even she would be in great danger.

Putting everything else aside, just considering Semiramis's poison gas, she would probably be in a much worse state than Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo had a helmet for protection, but she had no means to defend herself against the poison gas.

Avalon, while it can activate protection and heal injuries, cannot cure poison.

"Ugh, ughhhh!"

[After being repeatedly struck, Little Mordred finally erupted, tearing off her chains with all her might and charging towards Semiramis once more.]

Although her eyes had been blinded by the poison gas, she could still roughly pinpoint the Empress's location using her intuition.

Although she knew it was pointless, she had no other options.